in xaox
In ancient Greece,
Chaos (Χάος) meant the initial state of the
universe; a dark void;
an endless, indefinite mass (apeiron);
an abyss (having no
bottom).
Ancient Hindus called it Sunya, the pregnant void. In his philosophical discussions, Bruce Lee called it voidness, or the living void.
In ancient China, the Tao was deeply associated with wu - void or nothingness - a formless and infinite potential.
"In the beginning, the mountains are mountains and the rivers are rivers. After some practice, the mountains are no longer mountains and the rivers are no longer rivers. On completion, the mountains are once again mountains and the rivers once again rivers." (Old Zen saying)
The existential void is littered with
Zen koans, washed up thresholds of paradox, gates of xaox.
Approaching the gates of xaox involves stepping over these thresholds; crossing boundaries; travelling in the place between places; between ordinary and non-ordinary reality; from the known to the unknown and back again.
"It is always best to live with Reality, because when you do not Reality
will definitely come to live with you."
Aghori Vimalananda
(quoted in Robert Svoboda’s Aghora II: Kundalini)
The only purpose of life is to live as closely as
possible to reality
